Spain announces €530m plan to protect communities against extreme weather events

By Euronews en español

Published on 29/05/2025 - 12:28 GMT+2

The Spanish authorities has announced a 530-million euro scheme to protect communities against utmost upwind events, pursuing nan flash floods that killed 233 group successful Valencia successful October.

On Wednesday, Sara Aagesen, nan curate for ecological transition, presented nan reforms to associations that correspond nan victims of nan disaster. They included nan caller mapping of flood zones and nan renaturalising of riverbeds.

The deadly floods successful Valencia happened arsenic a consequence of a arena known by nan Spanish acronym DANA, which occurs erstwhile lukewarm and acold aerial meet to shape powerful rainfall clouds. The process is thought to now hap much regularly because of ambiance change.

"Our committedness and work is not only to rebuild everything that nan DANA destroyed successful your municipalities, but besides to amended resilience successful bid to person a amended prepared territory," said Aagesen during her gathering pinch nan associations.

"The curate confirmed that they are moving connected nan enlargement of nan ravines, which will let america to slumber much peacefully," said Cristian Lesaec, president of 1 of nan groups.

Rosa Álvarez, who is portion of a different association, has called for roadworthy upgrades successful perchance floodable areas.

Aagesen promised that this activity would statesman successful 2026, according to Álvarez.

The Spanish curate besides elaborate a scheme to renovate hydraulic infrastructure, which will spot nan repair of supply, sanitation and purification accommodation affected by October's flooding.

Mazón faces his seventh objection this Thursday

Another protestation is owed to return spot connected Thursday against nan Valencian government's guidance of nan disaster.

This comes aft Carlos Mazón, nan president of nan section government, expressed his displeasure astatine nan victims associations' determination to meet pinch officials from Madrid.

Mazón had wanted to meet them first. However, nan associations said they would only meet him if a veto blocking an enquiry into nan Valencian parliament's handling of nan catastrophe was lifted.